Washington (CNN) -- At one time, Susan Rice seemed to be on a trajectory that would take her to the secretary of state's office in President Barack Obama's second term. 

But that trajectory changed Thursday when the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations withdrew her name from consideration to succeed current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. 

In a letter to the president, Rice explained her decision to pull herself out of the running. 

"I am highly honored to be considered by you for appointment as Secretary of State," the letter read. "However, if nominated, I am now convinced that the confirmation process would be lengthy, disruptive and costly -- to you and to our most pressing national and international priorities. That trade-off is simply not worth it to our country. ... Therefore, I respectfully request that you no longer consider my candidacy at this time." 

A former administration official with knowledge of Rice's decision said this was Rice's decision; the White House did not ask her to stand down. 

Obama said that while he regretted Rice's decision to withdraw he would continue to rely on her advice. 

Rice's path began decades ago with the help of family friend Madeleine Albright, the woman who became the first female secretary of state. 

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Albright, while serving under President Bill Clinton, recommended that he tap Rice for a high-level State Department post on African affairs in the late 1990s. 

Albright had previously served with Rice's mother, Lois Rice, on a school board in Washington and watched Rice grow up with her own daughters.  What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who was headed to be Secretary of State before Clinton?
2. Who pulled herself out of the running?
3. Who was considering her appointment ?
4. Did he ask her to stand down?
5. Who was her family friend?
6. Who was the first female secretary of state?
7. Serving under whom?
8. Who was Rice's mother?
9. Did she know Madeling Albright?
10. How"
11. Who would Rice have succeeded if she took the position?
Answer: 1. Madeleine Albright
2. Susan Rice
3. Obama
4. No
5. Madeleine Albright
6. Madeleine Albright
7. Bill Clinton
8. Lois Rice
9. Yes
10. served a school board
11. Hillary Clinton

Problem: Guinea-Bissau (i/ˈɡɪni bɪˈsaʊ/, GI-nee-bi-SOW), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese: República da Guiné-Bissau, pronounced: [ʁeˈpublikɐ dɐ ɡiˈnɛ biˈsaw]), is a country in West Africa. It covers 36,125 square kilometres (13,948 sq mi) with an estimated population of 1,704,000. 

Guinea-Bissau was once part of the kingdom of Gabu, as well as part of the Mali Empire. Parts of this kingdom persisted until the 18th century, while a few others were under some rule by the Portuguese Empire since the 16th century. In the 19th century, it was colonized as Portuguese Guinea. Upon independence, declared in 1973 and recognised in 1974, the name of its capital, Bissau, was added to the country's name to prevent confusion with Guinea (formerly French Guinea). Guinea-Bissau has a history of political instability since independence, and no elected president has successfully served a full five-year term. 

Only 14% of the population speaks Portuguese, established as the official language in the colonial period. Almost half the population (44%) speaks Crioulo, a Portuguese-based creole language, and the remainder speak a variety of native African languages. The main religions are African traditional religions and Islam; there is a Christian (mostly Roman Catholic) minority. The country's per-capita gross domestic product is one of the lowest in the world.
1. How big is Guinea-Bissau?
2. Where is it?
3. Is that its offical name?
4. What is?
5. What language is spoken there?
6. Do many speak it?
7. about how many?
8. any other language?
9. what?
10. Is that an Asian language?
11. What is this language based from?
12. Any other languages spoken?
Answer: 1. 36,125 square kilometres
2. West Africa
3. No
4. Republic of Guinea-Bissau
5. Portuguese
6. No
7. 14%
8. Yes
9. Crioulo
10. unknown
11. Portuguese-based creole language
12. variety of native African languages

question: Long ago, Bluebird's feathers were the colour of dust. She did not like her ugly colour. She was attracted by the colour of the lake near her home. It was as blue as the sky after a storm. Bluebird wanted to be the colour of that beautiful lake very much. Flapping her wings one morning, Bluebird flew from her tree to the blue lake. Then she bathed in the water three times. After each bath, she sang, "Blue water. Still water. I went in. I am blue." Bluebird repeated this every morning. On the third day, she came out of the lake with beautiful blue feathers. Now Coyote was a trickster --and hungry too. He stayed behind Bluebird's tree for a long time every day and watched her go to the lake. He pretended to be interested in everything she did. He wanted Bluebird for lunch, but he was afraid of the blue water. On the third morning, Coyote saw Bluebird come out of the lake with beautiful blue feathers. Impressed, he sat next to Bluebird's tree and waited for her. When she returned, he asked, "How did you get blue feathers? I want to be blue like the mountains too." Bluebird didn't believe Coyote, but she taught him how to bathe three times each morning and how to sing her song. Coyote did what she said, and after three days of bathing in the lake, his white fur turned deep blue. Convinced that blue fur was even more beautiful than blue feathers, Coyote forgot all about being hungry. He ran as fast as he could to the top of the hill. Standing on his back legs, he raised his front legs off the ground and howled. But Coyote slipped and rolled down the hill. He couldn't stop himself, and the dust and dirt covered his new blue fur. He rolled and rolled until he hit into Bluebird's tree heavily. No matter how much he tried, foolish Coyote could not shake the dust from his fur. And so the fur of all coyotes had the dull colour of dust to this very day.
1. What color were Bluebirds feathers?
2. When?
3. Did she like them?
4. What color did she like?
5. How blue was it?
6. Where had she seen this color?
7. Did she fly there?
8. From where?
9. Did she bathe in the water?
10. Twice?
11. Three times?
12. When did she sing?
13. At night?
14. When?
15. For how many days?
16. What happened on the 3rd day?
17. Was anyone watching Bluebird?
18. Who?
19. Was he hungry?
20. Where did he stay?
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answer:
1. the colour of dust
2. Long ago
3. no
4. blue
5. the sky after a storm
6. lake
7. yes
8. her tree
9. yes
10. no
11. yes
12. After each bath
13. no
14. every morning
15. three
16. came out of the lake with blue feathers
17. yes
18. Coyote
19. yes
20. behind Bluebird's tree